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CAMBRIDGE · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

What if converted amounts do not match exactly?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Explain genuine conversion, fees and timing differences using available records. Do not alter documents or invent a balancing transaction.

Keep uncertainty visible

Identify what is confirmed and what needs clarification. An accurate explanation is preferable to an unsupported claim that all amounts were identical.

Far enough to show that the funds were lawfully obtained by the deceased, using the records that reasonably exist: the estate grant and distribution, and evidence of the deceased's employment, property sales or savings from which the estate was built. Where a portion of the capital comes from another person, that person must document how they lawfully obtained it, through their own tax filings, business records or sale documents, and the transfer itself needs a deed or agreement and matching account entries on both sides. Collect the settlement instrument, underlying claim documents, payment schedule, relevant tax treatment, issuer confirmations, statements for every receiving account, and outgoing transfers to the new commercial enterprise. The documents that answer both already exist in a farm office: bills of sale, quota transfer records, herd valuations, tax returns and assessments across several years, loan discharges on closing, and bank statements showing each transfer without gaps.